Top 10 Performances from Around the World After Weekend of August 22-25

Another weekend of world football action has come to a close, with the Friday-to-Monday round of games bringing another host of entertaining matches, goals and big performances.

We've taken our usual look around the globe for some of the best team displays and results, bringing you here our top 10.

This time we've covered everywhere from the opening weekend of La Liga in Spain to MLS and the Argentina Torneo Inicial. Leave your own votes below for who you think could also have been on the list this week.

9. Bordeaux

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Bordeaux have enjoyed a marvellous start to the season and continued Willy Sagnol's perfect beginning to life as boss with a 3-1 win at Nice.

Despite falling behind early on, Bordeaux roared back—as with last weekend against Monaco—to take victory by a clear margin, with Cheick Diabate capping an eventful week by scoring his second goal of the season and then being sent off.

8. Villarreal

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Over into La Liga now, not for the last time with this list.

Villarreal were excellent offensively for most of the game against Levante and could really have been two or three goals up in the opening stages, but for a little bad luck in the final pass inside the box and a fair bit of poor finishing.

Even so, they eventually made the breakthrough after the break and ran out comfortable and impressive 2-0 winners away from home. Uche and Denis scored the goals.

7. Manchester City

Manchester City faced an early test of their ability to defend their Premier League title, and passed it with flying colours by beating runners-up Liverpool 3-1 at the Etihad.

A tight first half might have given rise to the belief that the sides were well-matched initially, but City stormed away with a great display of power and movement in the final third, especially after half-time.

Stevan Jovetic scored twice, while sub Sergio Aguero also scored with his first touches.

1. Barcelona

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Top of the charts for the weekend is the extremely impressive performance put in by Barcelona, who won 3-0 against Elche.

Modest opposition it might have been, but Barça completely dominated the game, showed plenty of movement and invention in the final third and integrated several new faces into the team nicely, most impressive of which was Ivan Rakitic in midfield.

Leo Messi scored twice and new teen talent Munir added another, as Barcelona even controlled the game and managed the spaces on the pitch throughout the second half when they were down to 10 men. A vivacious, energetic start to the season which bodes well for the season ahead under Luis Enrique.